ANNALOUISEINN-LOCAL: Wednesday February 1, 2012: Detail above a door on the East facade of the Anna Louise Inn on Pike Street in downtown Cincinnati (for files). The Enquirer/Glenn Hartong. gh. / Enquirer file

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Supporters of the Anna Louise Inn who want it to remain a home for women will hold a noon rally today outside the Hamilton County Courthouse.

This was the day Anna Louise Inn and Western & Southern were supposed to return to court as the insurance company seeks to buy and turn the property into a hotel.

But the legal case has been postponed as the controversy drags out.

“As a result, the crowd will also challenge the court system to do its job and provide real justice,” reads a news release announcing the event, written by Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition. “This case that is legally about whether or not a housing structure fits zoning in the location it has been for 104 years has gone on for far, far too long ...”

The event is sponsored by several other organizations such as League of Women Voters, Women’s City Club and Sisters of Notre Dame, Spring said.

The Inn, located near Lytle Park in downtown Cincinnati, now houses about 100 women in dormitory-style rooms. It has served women for more than 100 years, first as temporary housing for young women searching for work and, later, for low-income women and former prostitutes seeking to escape the streets.